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Re: Tabletop gaming
« Reply #14 from previous page: March 22, 2011, 08:03:04 PM »
Arkham Horror...

OH ENVY!!! How I used to love reading Lovecraft!!!!

How is that game anyhow? I knew there was the book/pen/paper RPG style Lovecraft game but it was not till recently that I learned about the board game.
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Re: Tabletop gaming
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2011, 08:15:37 PM »
It's probably my fave FF game. Got , a few expansions for it as well. Bloody thing takes up half a room, and there must be at least 20 decks of cards.

It's pretty close to Call of Cthulhu, investigating clues (used to close gates, or up your roles), adjusting your different attributes (which are linked in pairs- as you put one up, the other goes down. Nice bit of strategy there).
  Frequent trips to Arkham sanitarium as you go insane. Bit more fighting than CoC proper, but if the Great Old One (GOO)  wakes, you are generally screwed. There are quite a few GOO's that can come up, and they even effect the game while they are still sleeping. You have to close dimensional gates by traveling through them to seperate areas on the board. allow to many to open, or to many monsters out and the GOO wakes...
   Lots of characters to choose from, shops and sites to visit. Lots of lovely (well...unlovely) monsters from Lovecraft and others.

I really recomend it, I don't get to play it half as much as i'd like!
 

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Re: Tabletop gaming
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2011, 02:01:32 AM »
Sounds busy and psychotic all at the same time! Perfect!

BTW, there is a new B-Rate film out now called The Last Lovecraft.

If you like B-Rate and nerd comedy, then I HIGHLY suggest it! :)
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Re: Tabletop gaming
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2011, 12:47:54 PM »
I'll have to watch that one. I watched the fake 1920's 'call of cthulhu' a while ago, which was quite fun. They have the 'whisperer in darkness' coming out soon as well. Did you see the southpark Cthulhu episodes? they were pretty funny.
 

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Re: Tabletop gaming
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2011, 02:57:29 AM »
I'd not heard of 'whisperer in darkness'
Good to hear!

I love the South Park episodes!

Have you watched Dagon or played the game: Dark Corners of the Earth?
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